Legal Opinion

Bachman v. Commercial Financial Services, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided April 24, 2001No. 00-5108PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to determine whether lump sum cash payments due upon termination and promised to appellants when they executed employment contracts with Commercial Financial Services, Inc., (CFS), were entitled to priority as administrative expenses in CFS’s eventual bankruptcy. After reviewing the briefs of the parties, the relevant case law, and the opinions of the bankruptcy court and the district court, we affirm. 1

Appellants Bachman and Phelps entered into employment contracts with CFS in which both employees were promised lump sum cash payments upon…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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Trustees of the Amalgamated Insurance Fund v. McFarlin's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
In Re Amarex, Inc., Debtor. Robert O. Isaac v. Temex Energy, Inc., Successor by Merger to Amarex, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
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